It's usually a no-brainer when your preferred graphics vendor releases new drivers. Download, install and (possibly) enjoy better performance and stability. Except in the case of NVIDIA's 397.31 drivers, which are forcing systems with GTX 1060s into a reinstall loop.

A little while ago, HP sent in one of their latest gaming laptops. It's been a while since we'd played around with one and it afforded the opportunity to ask a pretty reasonable question: in 2017, how much gaming performance do you get for $2900?

If you were waiting for Razer to finally refresh their sexy Razer Blade laptops with the latest generation of GPUs from NVIDIA, especially after the somewhat disappointing MacBook Pro refresh, I have good news. They're here, and you can buy them right now.

It's always easier to replace a video card than it is a CPU and motherboard, so it's not surprising to find people with a GTX 1060 or RX 480 surrounded by comparatively ancient components. These setups are sacrificing some performance by bottle-necking their GPU, sure, but exactly how much is going to waste?

It's a big year if you're a PC gaming enthusiast. Alongside Intel's new Extreme Edition CPUs, both Nvidia and AMD have released newgraphicscards. All price points from $300 to $1200 have been overhauled with new GPUs offering much-increased performance, more efficient power consumption and new VR-friendly feature-sets -- so here's how they all perform relative to each other.

After the launch of NVIDIA's top-of-the-line GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070, gamers with deep pockets jumped at the opportunity to buy these new, powerful cards. But at $700 for a 1070 and over $1100 for a 1080 in Australia, a lot of PC enthusiasts simply didn't have the spare cash or disposable income to drop on a new GeForce card. That's why so many people were -- and still are -- keen on AMD's equally new Radeon RX 480, which is barely over $300.

To counter that, NVIDIA has a third card to release in 2016, designed to battle that RX 480 on both price and performance. It'll be $US250, and it's faster than last generation's top-end GTX 980: meet the GeForce GTX 1060.